Tokyo

SOVEREIGN wealth funds (SWFs) are weighing the benefits of cooperating more widely with multinational institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to encourage cross-border capital flows and foster sustainable growth, particularly in emerging markets (EMs).

These suggestions for increasing the reliability of cross-border sources of finance and adding to international and regional "safety nets" could encourage EM economies to speed up and maintain relatively open systems for capital flows.